This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...the loss. "But what if the safe had been burned and the policy in it?" said John Hart. "Then," said the old man--"I'm dealing with honourable people; and the 'Hand-in-Hand' have my policy registered in their books; even though my evidence of being insured were lost, their evidence of it is not; and they would have paid ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...the loss. "But what if the safe had been burned and the policy in it?" said John Hart. "Then," said the old man--"I'm dealing with honourable people; and the 'Hand-in-Hand' have my policy registered in their books; even though my evidence of being insured were lost, their evidence of it is not; and they would have paid me every farthing. That evening, John Hart went to his old neighbour, and said, "What was the name, Mr. Carraway, of that office where you say the whole thing was so safe?" "The 'Hand-in-Hand, ' and a good name it is; it makes one think of friendship, and help, and being joined together." "It is," said John Hart, "and I should like to join it." "And I'm insured for the other world as well as this," said Joe Carraway. "You don't say that; how can that be? I never heard that folk could be sure about their souls--that they could get beyond 'hoping, ' and 'thinking, ' and ' expecting, ' and ' wishing.'" "John Hart," answered Joseph Carraway, "do you think I have been all these years just hoping, and thinking, and expecting, and wishing, that if my premises were burned down, the 'Handin-Hand' would not let me suffer loss. Was it for that I trusted it, and made an agreement with it, and became a member of it? No, no, my lad; when I knew that every moment I was in danger of being a ruined man--when I felt it, I determined to insure at once; and I went to an office where I knew I should be safe. I made sure all about it. I knew they could pay me my loss hundreds of times over; and that they dealt honourably with folk; and when I knew that, and took out a policy, I wasn't going to be always lying awake at nights, fearing that I might be ruined before the mo...
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